Border with cherubs, arrow piercing hearts, flowers and leaves, from La Vie Parisienne (1863), added on 15th June 2026

This top-piece is a sketch-like drawing from a double-page spread in an article about an English couple visiting France. We see two winged cherubs standing facing one another either side of a pediment on which rests an arrow pierving two hearts. The boys have loin-cloths. One is carrying perhaps a stick, the other holding a bow. The festoons that curve down and away from the boys’ feet are in the…